The Midwest Collage Society (MCS), founded in 2003, promotes collage as a fine art by providing exhibit opportunities and professional development activities to our 52 members.
Meetings are held at 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien IL, usually the first Sunday of the month from 12:30-2:30pm. No meetings in January and July unless otherwise posted.
Midwest Collage Society celebrates over 100 years of Collage As a Fine Art since 1912.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Next meeting is Sunday, August 7 - a work day from 9:00-3:00 pm where members can share techniques, experiences or ideas they have had. Bring a bag lunch.

MCS Membership Renewal Deadline is July 1, 2016. If you have not paid your 2016-17 dues by July 1st, your name will be dropped from the active membership list and you will lose member privileges. If you wish to remain a member, please send $20 to Cherie Denton at 4641 Stonewall Ave., Downers Grove IL 60515. If you are not sure whether or not you paid your dues, contact Cherie at cherayden@yahoo.com or call her at 630-969-2762.

RETREAT

September 21-25

Reminder: registration for September retreat is now due. Please send deposit of $120 or complete payment of $240 (checks payable to MCS). Membership in MCS is not a requirement.Tania BLANCO1263 Bainbridge Dr. Naperville 60563.

Annette Plettau has two collage pieces that were juried into Gallery 2016, Moraine Valley Community College art show, in Palos Hills. She won 2nd prize for her collage "Natural Arch, St. Lucia." This show runs fromJune 2 through Aug. 8. Hours are Monday- Thursday9:00am. to 4:30 pm., and during most Fine and Performing Arts Center performances.

Sunday, June 5, 2016

The meeting of MCS will feature Annette Perone Leiber, noted artist, educator, founder of the Addison Art Guild and Center for the Arts, whose work work appears in many collections, will demonstrate collage techniques using cheesecloth, fiber fill, modeling paste, plastic wrap and acrylics. Members do not need to bring supplies as this will be a demonstration only.

Annette share her work and materials today with us. Very textural with molding pastes and gauze and other fibers.

Layering the materials and letting them dry first before she adds the Acrylic paints.

Here Annette is gluing down some of the colored gauze and fibers.

Pre Demo pieces

No blue or orange were added prior to demo but look what it did to the piece.

This is a finished piece of Annette's she shared with us, I had to take a few more images of it at different angles.

You can see the rich textures.

Here Annette is adding back in the paints to embellish her papers which are photo copies of the painted gauze...kind of cool.

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MCS Exhibit Book

The Midwest Collage Society has a book of their last Exhibit, Balance-Off Balance, Curator Robin Rios of 4Arts Inc and Co-Curator of Zhou B. Art Center present this exhibit of Midwest Collage Society work.
http://www.blurb.com/b/4589204-off-balance-balance

Members

The MCS has over fifty members from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Most members reside in the Chicago area. All members are professional artists who exhibit regularly in urban and suburban galleries. Many exhibit in other states, and a few exhibit internationally. The backgrounds of our members are varied, and range from those with graduate training in the fine arts to the self-taught. Many work in fields outside of the art-related professions. The diverse experience of our members is one of the Midwest Collage Society's greatest assets, and has contributed to our growth.

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Ode to Collage Artists

We walk around always looking down,Searching for things to pick up off the ground.Leaves and paper or bits of string,We can use just about anything.While others may watch us and shake their head,We just cram the stuff in our pockets and forge on ahead.Home we go can't wait to start, what would we do if we didn't love Art?We empty our pockets to peruse all our treasures, amazed this junk gives us great pleasures.We crumple and tear, we sand and we paint, And we can't forget the glues and paste.Amazed with the things we can create from someone else waste.When were done some will say we just made it look old, But when we look upon it, All we see is Gold!

by Debbie Wojnarowski

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History

The Midwest Collage Society (MCS), founded in 2003, promotes collage as a fine art by providing exhibit opportunities and professional development activities to our members.

Meetings and Dues

MCS generally meets on the first Sunday of each month (excluding January and July), from 12:30 to 3:00 PM in Darien, IL. Since many members live well beyond this area, the MCS uses its newsletter, group website, and regular e-mail communication to provide all members with timely information about planned exhibits and program content. Annual dues are twenty dollars ($20.00). Members also pay nominal fees for meeting workshops and exhibit entries. Membership dues are payable in April of each year.

Meetings are held at the Darien Municipal Center, 1710 Plainfield Road, Darien, IL.